Lid



June 30, 1959 J. M. GORDON LID INVENTOR.

Filed March 24, 1958 ii, I I! JQMES Al, 60800/V prroe/vg s United States Patent James M. Gordon, Los Angeles, Calif.

*Application March 24, 1958, Serial No. 723,397

2 Claims. (Cl. 220-55) My invention comprises a safety lid, and more specifically a lid for use in conjunction with the collapsible lug box described in my previous Patent No. 2,782,955, issued February 26, 1957.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lid for the collapsible lug box described in the aforesaid patent which can be placed in the lug box and locked thereon to prevent theft from the lug box.

Another object of my present invention is to provide a lid for the aforesaid lug box which permits nesting of the lug boxes just as they are without a lid. v

Another object of my invention is to provide a lid for the aforesaid type of lug box which can be dropped in the bottom of the lug box when the same is empty and the lug box can be folded for empty transportation.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiments thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my lid.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the collapsible lug box described in Patent No. 2,782,955.

Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a partial top plan view showing the lid in its collapsed or removable position.

A collapsible lug box as described in Patent 2,782,955 is shown in Figure 3 and the only additions to this lug box not described in this patent are the holes 10 in the ends 11 and 12 of the lug box generally indicated at 13.

A lid constructed in accordance with my invention has a large plate 15 comprising the majority of the lid 14. The plate 15 has a finger hole 16 for use during removal or positioning in the lug box 13. To laterally strengthen the plate 15 braces 16A and 17 are riveted at 18 thereto or they could be welded or bolted thereon. At the sides of the plate 15 the edges are rolled to form tubes 19 which receive at one end the rods 20 which are preferably riveted thereto at 21. The rods 20 are bent at 21A to form an inwardly ofiset extension 22. The plate 15 is angularly offset at 23 to form a surface 24 which is parallel to the plate 15 generally, but slightly higher. In the plate 15 are formed slots 25. A secondary lid in the form of a plate 26 has the tubes 27 rolled at its edge similar to the tubes 19. In the tubes 27 the rods 28 are positioned and attached thereto by the rivets 29. The rods 2,392,566 Patented June 30, 1959 28 extend from the ends of the tubes 27 into the tubes 19 and are slidable therein. The rivets 30 pass through the slots 25 and for wear purposes have a washer 31 between their heads and the top surface 24. The rivets 30 extend through holes 32 in the plate 26. The rivets 30 are thus slidable in the slots 25. The ends of the rods 28 are inwardly offset to form the projecting ends 35 similar to the projecting ends 22.

The offset surface 24 extends over the plate 26 to close the opening between the plate 26 and the main portion of the plate 15. Upon the surface 24 is placed a hasp 37 which is adapted to engage over the pintle 38 attached to 26.

In the use of my lid the width of the plates 15 and 26 with the tubes 19 and 27 at their sides is made to fit just inside of the inner walls of the collapsible lug box heretofore mentioned and in close connection therewith. The extensions 22 on the rods 20 extend through one pair of holes 10, for example those on the end 12 of the lug box 13. By moving the plate 26 towards the plate 15 on the telescoping rods 28, the extensions 35 do not quite extend to the end of the lug box 11. By grasping the pintle 38 and the finger hole 16, the plate 26 may be moved away from the plate 15 by sliding the rods 28 in the tubes 19 until the extensions 35 pass through the holes 10 in the end of the lug box 11. When this has been done the hasp 37 will fit over the pintle 38 and a padlock passed through the pintle 38 locks the hasp 37 thereon and prevents the longitudinal movement of the plates 15 and 26 from each other preventing the retraction of either the projections 22 or 35 from the holes 10 and locking the lid 14 in place. It should be noted that with this type of construction when the rods 28 are telescoped into the tubes 19 the interior of the lid 14 is shorter than the lug box 13 and it can be dropped in the bottom of the lug box and the lug box folded down thereupon preventing loss of the lid and yet having it readily available for use when it is desired to extend the lug box and fill the same and lock it.

I claim:

1. In a lid for a collapsible lug box, a plate having thereon means for telescopically holding carriers for a secondary plate, a secondary plate attached to said means and extending parallel to said first plate, lugs at the outer end of said plates adapted to pass through holes in the ends of said lug box, a hasp and pintle carried by said plates adapted to engage and maintain said plates extended from each other.

2. In a lid for a lug box, a plate, tubes formed on the sides of said plate, a secondary plate, tubes formed on the sides of said secondary plate, rods attached at the ends of said plates in said tubes to form lugs that can be extended through holes in the ends of said lug box, said rods afiixed in said tubes of said secondary plate extending therefrom and adapted to telescopically slide in said tubes on said first mentioned plate, an offset on said first mentioned plate extending over the top of said secondary plate, a hasp on said offset, and a locking pintle on said secondary plate adapted to be engaged by said hasp to prevent movement of said plates in relation to each other.

No references cited. 

